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YOU WILL BE MISSED

New York Times, Sunday, October 17, 2004

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
87-Across : In pigtails, e.g.
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 70 Missing: {QU} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 205 for Mr. Nosowsky. Sunday freshness: 14%
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© 2004, The New York Times10/17/4 ( No. 20,067 )
Across
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More than high : MANIC
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Page : LEAF
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Russian name meaning "holy" : OLGA
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Lord's workers : SERFS
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Where the lion spared Androcles : ARENA
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Transition in logic : ERGO
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Godsend : BOON
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Somewhat, after "of" : ASORT
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Laird or thane? : SCOTMASTER
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Ex-Dallas coach's daytime show? : LANDRYSOAP
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Sweetie : HON
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Additionally : ELSE
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Web mag : EZINE
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Cultural breakdown : ANOMIE
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Blackthorn : SLOE
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Word with beetle or movie : STAG
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"What, again?!" : OHNO
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Denver summer hrs. : MDT
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Diamond cutter's pace? : JEWELERSLOPE
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-: Abbr. : NEG
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What traffic cones may show : LANE
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Ear malady : OTITIS
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"Thimble Theater" name : OYL
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Spinner : ROTATOR
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Girl in "The Gondoliers" : TESSA
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Iciness and wetness? : COLDWATERFACETS
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Rap's Dr. ___ : DRE
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Loads of : MANY
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First name in fashion : OLEG
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Working out well? : FIT
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"Bed-in" participant, 1969 : ONO
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Traveler's aid : MAP
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Prioritizing by army medics, e.g. : TRIAGE
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Benevolent witchcraft : WICCA
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What Wordsworth did before he got hip? : WANDEREDLONELYASACLOD
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Giants on the sports page : NLERS
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Liking a lot : KEENON
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Bronze metal : TIN
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Bite for a bark beetle : ELM
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Prefix with metric : ISO
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Do : COIF
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Tiptop : APEX
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A caliph of Islam : ALI
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Games, games and more games? : AFTERNOONOFAFAN
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One in a booth, maybe : DINER
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In pigtails, e.g. : TRESSED
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Wrongdoing : SIN
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Bridge problem : RENEGE
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Exhibition area : TENT
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Dirt disher ___ Smith : LIZ
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Why water got diverted in the garden? : AHOSEDIVIDED
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Newsman Bradley and others : EDS
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Quick note : LINE
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Results of a wrong turn, perhaps : DENT
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Tidy up, in a way : EDIT
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Falling star : METEOR
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It may be cradled : PHONE
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Like one smitten : GAGA
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Answer sheet : KEY
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Nickname for a pushy priest? : PRODFATHER
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Young female marchers? : MAIDENANTS
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Skin ailment : TINEA
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Fictional Jane : EYRE
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___ Sea (inland body of water) : ARAL
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Milking a cow, e.g. : CHORE
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Lavender, for one : SCENT
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Set foot (on) : TROD
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Park Ave. address part : NYNY
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Banana oil, e.g. : ESTER
Down
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Flirt, in old slang : MASH
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It's a gas : ARCO
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It's a gas : NEON
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Quarterback's error: Abbr. : INT
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Alabama's state flower : CAMELLIA
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Not so great : LESSER
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One-named artist : ERTE
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Gray : AGE
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Prophesied : FORETOLD
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Require : OBLIGE
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Part of F.S.L.I.C. : LOAN
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Liking a lot : GONEON
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"Then what?" : AND
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Decline : SAYNO
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"The sign of extra service" sloganeer, once : ESSO
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School pal, maybe : ROOMMATE
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"Sorry, no can do" : FRAIDNOT
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Workplace for Michelangelo : STPETERS
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"A Lesson From ___" : ALOES
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Ended a call in London : RANGOFF
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More than daze : ZAP
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Goes down : SETS
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How to palm a card : SLYLY
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Mainz mister : HERR
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Note : JOTDOWN
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God, with "the" : ETERNAL
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Sage : WISEONE
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In next to no time : SOON
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Obtained from milk : LACTIC
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Oolong tea exporter : TAIWAN
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Karel ___, writer who coined the word "robot" : CAPEK
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Stopped working, as medicine : WORNOFF
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Native's opposite : ALIEN
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Relative of a mallard : TEAL
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Like brioche : EGGY
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Natl. Nutrition Mo. : MAR
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Abbr. in a salutation : MESSRS
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"Pagliacci" clown : TONIO
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"All gone," for a tot : EATEN
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Took everything from, with "out" : CLEANED
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Fellow's place : COLLEGE
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Popular : ADMIRED
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Most like a bone : DRIEST
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Art ___ (7-Down genre) : DECO
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Ancient Spanish kingdom : LEON
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___-pack : SIX
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100 centesimi, once : ONELIRA
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Make ___ (clench) : AFIST
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French door part : PANE
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Cracks : ATTEMPTS
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Western artist Remington : FREDERIC
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140 British pounds : TENSTONE
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Presider over banquets of those slain in battle : ODIN
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In unison : ASONEMAN
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Abnormality : DEVIANCE
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Quick O.K.: Abbr. : INIT
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Corrugation : RIDGE
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Gentle blow : ZEPHYR
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Liked a lot : ADORED
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Egg warmer : HEN
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Mortal : DEADLY
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For dieters, in ads : LOFAT
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Garden spot : EDEN
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Knight in shining armor : HERO
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Sculptor ___ Lorenzo Bernini : GIAN
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Ball of string? : KNOT
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To be, in Brest : ETRE
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Belgian river : YSER
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Hanoi holiday : TET
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Ending with honor : ARY
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Responses of enlightenment : AHS

Answer summary:
11 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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